DÜRER, Albrecht, Featured Paintings in Detail (1)

DÜRER, Albrecht

Featured Paintings in Detail

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(Portraits)

DÜRER, AlbrechtSelf-Portrait at 261498Oil on panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

DÜRER, AlbrechtSelf-Portrait at 26 (detail)1498Oil on panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

DÜRER, AlbrechtEmperor Maximilian I1519Oil on lindenwood, 74 x 62 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

DÜRER, AlbrechtEmperor Maximilian I (detail)1519Oil on lindenwood, 74 x 62 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

DÜRER, AlbrechtPortrait of Barbara Dürer1490Oil on pine panel, 47 x 38 cmGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

DÜRER, AlbrechtPortrait of Barbara Dürer (detail)1490Oil on pine panel, 47 x 38 cmGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

DÜRER, AlbrechtPortrait of a Young Venetian Woman1505Oil on elm panel, 32,5 x 24,5 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

DÜRER, AlbrechtPortrait of a Young Venetian Woman (detail)1505Oil on elm panel, 32,5 x 24,5 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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DÜRER, AlbrechtPortrait of a Young Venetian Woman

The portrait is one of the first works of the artist during his second sojourn in Venice. It was painted in the autumn or in the winter of 1505. From the portraits, an extraordinary charm emanates, which cannot be merely attributable to the shades of brown and gold of the hairdo and clothing, which are set apart from the uniform black background. It is really the beauty of the portrait that fascinates in its entirety and in its variety of details. It is the slight wave of the hair on the clear, high forehead that imperceivably becomes curls caressing the girl's cheeks. It is the dreamy gaze that shows, under the slightly lowered eyelids, the radiant, black eyes. It highlights the play of light on the forehead and on the cheeks. It is the candour of this face, of

the neck and chest, emphasized by a neckline of a contrasting colour, that evoke the image of the ideal purity of a girl. With great ability, the artist includes in this image a long and pronounced nose and large, sensual lips, immersing the whole figure in a light that reveals the important influence of the Venetian school, and, in particular, that of Giovanni Bellini.

With reference to some of the details, it has been repeatedly made known that the portrait is unfinished. It is probable that Dürer deliberately did not give the same intensity to the left ribbon as to the right: on the one hand, so as to not overwhelm the charm of the dark eyes; on the other, so as to support the subtle chromatic effect of the bodice that, from the design of

the gold ribbons, contributes to the overall charm of the painting.This charm is also shown in the movement in the double rows of pearls, interrupted by the darker shapes of doubled cones, making the pendant curve slightly from the neck.

Among Dürer's works, there is not a more beautiful portrait of a woman. Indeed, it has led one to think that there was a rather intimate relationship between the artist and the model. Some see the woman as a courtesan, others define her as an instinctive, languorous, and melting beauty.

DÜRER, Albrecht

Albrecht Durer, a German painter and printmaker. Durer is generally regarded as the greatest Northern Renaissance artist. His famous paintings

have been the subject of extensive analysis and interpretation. His watercolours mark him as one of the first European landscape artists, while his ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential

of that medium.

Durer's introduction of classical motifs into Northern art, through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists, have secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the

Northern Renaissance. This is reinforced by his theoretical works which involve principles of mathematics, perspective and ideal proportions.

The quality and wide range of his works and themes, both in terms of content and formal aspects, are astonishing. Though his paintings were normally produced as the result of a

commission - his two main areas of focus were portrait painting and the creation of altar pieces and devotional pictures - Durer enriched them with unusual pictorial solutions and adapted them

to new functions.

After his death, Durer remained one of the most highly regarded of artists for centuries, representing the process of transition from the late Middle Ages to the Renaissance in Germany.

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